Deconstructing ‘The Block’: The Quest for Inspiration
If you are one of those lucky people that flows creativity from every vein with as much ease as blinking, then stop reading now. If however you are like myself, at times wandering aimlessly both in mind and body to source stimuli for an article or art installation, then read on! You may take comfort...
Resolutions for Life (and not just at New Years)
As we enter 2015, it seems inevitable that my latest (and overdue) article relates to this existential moment and the thoughts of what it means to have a fresh new year to play with. January 1st is welcomed worldwide through a variety of ways, some of which involve many libations, with many heavier heads the following...
Longing to ‘be’ happy? Just let yourself BE
There are many things to be said about freedom. One of the most resonant for me though is that it is severely underrated. And I do not speak on this occasion of the reasons and wherefores for incarceration. It is more in regards to the personal and work related restrictions that so many of us...
Creative Writing as Therapy: The Gestalt Approach
Writing, like so many creative arts, is a discipline that needs constant attention and a variety of stimulus. Whatever you write, you need to consider its composition, its flow. You need to articulate its story with prose or poetry, using words as colour to activate imagination in the mind. There may be moments when the flow comes...
A Romance Continued: Returning to New Orleans & Tasting the Deep South
It’s a beautiful thing to build a relationship with a City. Guidebooks can offer up suggestions, multiple apps help seek out hidden gems and there are always online recommendations (incredibly useful when in dire need of feeding), however I always find my best experiences are gained by seeking out and conversing with the locals. The...
I Smile at Mirrors
(Dedicated to my Mother) The scent of your perfume fades from memory Until a stranger passes by, then I smile Closing my eyes to remember your face As I breathe in deeply I stare at stories in the dark Illuminating the empty seat beside me But I smile widely at the screen...
Getting Older & Embracing your Age
How do you react when you are posed with the question “How OLD are you?”… Do you wince, mumbling the wretched number under your breath? Perhaps you state it proudly, with the enquirer following it up with a welcomed “but you don’t look it!”. Or do you simply change the conversation, because you would rather...
The Gift of being Creative (& why you MUST liberate it)
Do you have a ‘rage to create’? I adapted this description from an article I recently read in regards to a ‘rage to master’ within us. I reference one story of a young boy and his incredible artistic abilities, combining colours and shapes on an obsessive level, working on each of his drawings for 1...
A Sense of Independence in Palawan
There is much to be said for a woman travelling alone in the world, in my case the Far Eastern side of the planet to the Philippines. As a demi-Filipina, one might assume I have a distinct advantage in navigating around the 7000+ island culture, versus the typical ‘tourist’ trip and indeed, I have visited...
Long & Lost Family
I gaze at the memories forming before me (which happens quite frequently) It’s no less lovingly Fleeting moments that I never let pass by I ingrain your habits in my mind Although they rile me I turn my eyes blindly Because they make you smile (if only for a little while) Only visits...